Lomax and Taylor ready for Lydden HIll
This weekend sees the British Rallycross championship head to Lydden Hill, a popular circuit with drivers. Ahead of the Bank Holiday meeting British Rallycross caught up with Jake Taylor and Craig Lomax.......
With 6 rounds of his first Senior Swift Rallycross season under his belt,Jake Taylor is not about to let his own demanding high standards slip one bit. His plan however is to continue to learn and push hard.
With the help of World class Rallycross preparation outfit Autopoint Specialist engineering, Taylor has driven his Wallrock backed Swift to 6th place in the championship seeing off challenges by more seasoned drivers.
As Taylor returns to his favorite venue on the race calendar not only will he be pushing hard whilst competing, he will also be running the Wallrock competition prize winner passenger ride. Looking forward to this weekend’s action at Lydden, Taylor told British Rallycross
“It’s been a big step and a huge learning curve making the move up to the seniors this season and a challenge that I have massively enjoyed."With the support of Autopoint Specialist Engineering I have captured and learned an incredible amount with every single event from racing techniques, strategy and basic car setup. My plan to learn and improve this season has really come together with their help, it’s amazing to work with a world class team.”
Craig Lomax and his Xtreme Rallycross team will again be in action at the penultimate round of the British 2015 championship season at Lydden Hill this coming weekend. With the Championship already won they aren’t about to relax their ongoing development of their Super1600 Citroen C2R2.
Lomax and the team were in action recently, and tasted European competition for the first time at the Eurocircuit in Holland for round 4 of the Rallycross Challenge Europe.
Lomax started well putting in 6th fastest time during a wet practice. Unfortunately a puncture in the first heat damaged the steering, but the team got the car back out where Lomax took a brace of second places in the remaining heats the first of which was behind the current European champion.
Lomax and the team finished in 10th place at the end of the event a result that delighted the team. The event gave them a lot of data that will prove useful in further development.
Earlier this week British Rallycross spoke to Lomax and he said “It's just a shame we had to come with our first phase engine that put us about 20bhp down on the field. That I know will be rectified for Lydden Hill with our new engine coming of production early this week so we are hopeful of another good result”
